Colon credits her research for her success in the field. “Viterbi provided research experience that made me excited to learn more about materials science, I really liked it,” she said. “I liked going to the lab, measuring samples and viewing their properties under a microscope.”
Faith Colon, a junior majoring in astronautical engineering, recently won the prestigious American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, or AIAA, Lockheed Martin Marillyn Hewson Scholarship. The scholarship is only given to one undergraduate a year and is meant to encourage women to pursue aerospace engineering.
